philip morris international

• Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the shares of privately owned Colombian cigarette manufacturer, Productora Tabacalera de Colombia, Protabaco Ltda.
  
  (Protabaco), for $452 million. Protabaco is the second largest tobacco company in Colombia, with an estimated 2008 volume of 6.1 billion cigarettes and an approximate market share of 31.8%.
  
  The Company reported net revenues of approximately $107.6 million in 2008. Its leading brands include Mustang, Premier and President.

Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro and other cigarettes for sale overseas, has agreed to buy a Swedish company's South African snuff and pipe tobacco operations for 1.75 billion South African rand, or roughly $222 million.